The failure of a self-lubricating front engine suspension bush and its replacement with a standard bronze bush.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\4\ 04-page060 | |
| Date | 24th May 1932 | |
| To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} c.c. to Dy. {F R Danby} 87946 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 3/KT.24.5.32. 19-EX. Re. Wheelcase & Fittings to LOP.E.82534. The front engine suspension bush lined with self lubricating material has been found to have worn, allowing the shaft to come on to the steel. The material, from its appearance, is too soft, or the effect of oil getting on to it destroys its properties, as in this case the bush had become covered with oil. We have replaced the self lubricating bush by a standard bronze bush. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /G.W.H. | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).